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![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o2_1280.jpg)
Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant voiced concern that echos across the region: "Where is the help?"
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o1_1280.jpg)
Diego is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o3_1280.jpg)
Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. "I've lived in the Rockaways my entire life," he says.
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o4_1280.jpg)
Jordyn Clarke says she and her block-mates have overnight become a kind of close-knit tribal community. "We look out for each other... That's all we have left," she says.
![On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
— All photos by Benjamin Lowy](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1xv5NFZP1rrpm57o7_r1_1280.jpg)
Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
On Voting Day, Portraits from the Rockaways
Photojournalist Ben Lowy is covering the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, including the struggle to get to today’s polling locations, on assignment for Tumblr with an iPhone camera. He’s spent the last two days in Rockaway Beach, Queens, where thousands of residents remain displaced, and the once-famous five mile boardwalk is in splinters. Of the 28 voting locations in Queens that have been moved due to Sandy, 23 are here.
Photos, left to right from top:
* Pavel Ivanovo stands on the remains of the Rockaway Beach boardwalk, looking out into the sea. The recent immigrant, who came to America two years ago, voiced concern that echos across the regions and cultural strata of people affected by Sandy: ”Where is the government? Where is the army? Where is the Red Cross?… It’s freezing here, [there is] no electricity… This is not right.”
* Diego stands on a slab of boardwalk that landed in the middle of a street and settled on a Mini Cooper. He is working for-hire on the island, helping residents dig out the belongings from sand or water logged homes.
* Crowbar in hand, Bill Louw sits on a bench still attached to a massive slab of boardwalk that landed in his front yard. “I’ve lived in the Rockaways my entire life. I was born in that house two doors behind me,” he says. “My mother still lives there, and I live around the corner. They are just going to throw this out… I think it’ll look great in my back yard… A memory from sandy.”
* Jordyn Clarke sits in front of a small camp fire, drinking coffee and warming up, surrounded by her block-mates. She says the group has overnight become a close-knit tribal community nicknamed the “91st Street Rockians.” “We look out for each other… That’s all we have left,” she says.
* Residents who lost their homes and belongings endure cold temperatures waiting in line to vote in tented polling stations throughout the region.
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